Natural-gas supply up 12 bln cubic feet: Energy Dept.

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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Natural-gas inventories rose by 12 billion cubic feet for the week ended Oct. 31, the U.S. Energy Department said Thursday. Analysts at IHS Global Insight expected the report to show a climb of 50 billion cubic feet. Working gas in storage was 3,405 billion cubic feet as of Oct. 31, the government said. After the data, December natural-gas futures fell 24 cents, or 3.2%, to $7.01 per million British thermal units in electronic trading on Globex.

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